Hello again! I wanted to thank all you guys for the favorites, story alerts, and reviews. It was actually a lot more than I expected. :) Also, I changed my name from xClairDeLune to .. Alright, now that that's out of the way, here's chapter 2. Enjoy. I'll be trying to update as quickly as I can.

Chapter Two

EPOV

I stood on the ledge of the balcony, unable to move.

Could it really be her? Unlikely.

"Edward?" the voice beckoned to me. I finally turned around...

And it was her.

She approached me slowly and cautiously, and she reached out her shaking hand.

"Edward," she whispered. "please come down."

I stared at her, tears streaming down my face. Finally, I took her hand, she helped me down, and I had almost forgotten what I wanted to do. She took my hand in both of her's.

"I'm sorry Edward," her voice was shaking. "I would never want you to do that. I'm so sorry, please forgive me. For everything."

I was shocked, there was nothing I could think of to say. I just stared at her, with a million questions in my head, that could probably be read on my face.

"I know I'm a bitch... A horrible bitch," she said, sounding like she was about to cry. "But I never meant to hurt you. I just want you to know, that I never meant anything I've said to you, or about you."

What? This had to be a joke. Just wait, in a few minutes she would laugh in my face, go away and I could get back on the ledge.

But she didn't leave, she just stood there, staring at me with her puppy-dog eyes that I couldn't resist.

"No," I finally murmured. "I never thought of you that way, despite everything."

"I don't deserve it," she smiled, and shook her head. "Edward, you should know, that you're nothing that everyone else says you are. You're so much better, and you need to see that in yourself."

I was speechless.

"They don't see who you really are, but I see whenever I'm with your sister," she continued. "You're deep, and the music you play is beautiful."

She's heard my compositions? And liked them?

"Do you love Jacob?" I blurted out what I was most curious about.

She closed her eyes and smiled. "No."

We sat down on the chairs, just staring at each other. I was still not entirely convinced that she meant any of this. It was so strange! She had never said anything resembling something nice to me before this. God, did it really take an almost suicide attempt to get someone to say something nice? To get a self esteem boost?

"You realize how much it would hurt your family, and your friends if you did that, right?" she asked angrily, then her expression softened. "And me."

I nodded. "I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking about anyone other than myself. I felt that there was no way out. I just couldn't take it anymore."

"Well, I can't say I relate." She rolled her eyes. "I've never felt like that before, and even if I did, I probably wouldn't do that." She nodded toward the ledge of the balcony.

"I don't recommend it," I replied in a solemn tone.

I had just realized that we were still hand in hand, but I didn't dare move. I felt content. It was something that I hadn't really felt in a long time. It felt nice.

I heard the creak of the door opening, and Bella turned around, still not moving her hands.

Alice stared directly at me. "What the HELL are you doing?"

Bella stood up, and I stood up with her, like a chain reaction.

"Don't you dare be a bitch to him, Alice!" she scolded. "Do you have any concept of how much shit he's had to take from everyone?"

Alice just stared at Bella, looking quite terrified. I supressed a smile.

"Sorry," my sister squeaked. She had obviously never seen Bella like this either.

"Yeah," Bella was yelling again. "I don't know how he did it for so long, but it's not gonna go on anymore. I'm gonna make sure of it."

I looked up. "Just leave us alone, Alice. Please."

Bella and I both stared her down, and she backed back into the house, quietly sliding the door shut behind her.

"Thank you...," I murmured. "so much."

She held my hand again. "Like I said, you don't deserve all the shit you get."

It was so good to hear someone say that.

Alice hadn't even been gone for ten seconds when suddenly, we could hear a big crowd of people.

"No!" Bella screamed. She slid open the door and pulled me with her, trying to head downstairs.

"Just get away from us! ALL OF YOU!" she continued to yell.

"MOVE!" I yelled as well.

We eventually got passed everyone who was laughing, or gasping, or mobbing us. I pulled her to my car.

And then I was speeding down the road, with the girl of my dreams finally by my side.